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University is sold to kids as the thing they'll do after high school and before starting their careers if they want to be successful. There's a grain of truth to that too; I have heard that it's hard to get a tolerable job out of college these days but even harder without a degree.

If that's how universities are positioning themselves, if they're opening their doors to students who are clearly not the best of the best and destined for academia and/or highly technical careers that demand high-level theoretical knowledge, then you bet your ass they should be teaching practical skills and helping students find jobs. Otherwise they're just taking (a lot of) money from kids who clearly don't know any better, and leaving them high and dry after graduation.